Chad's Runs

I missed my run on Saturday.  I've missed one other scheduled run the last two and a half months and that was because I was sick.  Went camping with my boys Friday night and I never sleep camping.  I had planned on running Saturday night but I just couldn't motivate myself to do it.  Missing one run is not a problem, but it usually leads to missing a lot of runs.  When training last year I probably missed 25% or more of my scheduled runs.  I don't want this one to turn into that.

Anyway, 4 miles this morning at 8:43 pace.  I was inconsistent.  Running at a good relaxed pace then shuffling.  Waking up and getting back up to speed then dropping off again.  I finally got into a groove the last mile or so at about an 8:15 pace.

1.5 mile warm up the 4 0.5 mile repeats, then 0.5 mile cool down.  Repeat times were 3:28, 3:27, 3:33, and 3:28.  The 3:33 included the tunnel under main street headed south.  I'm a hill wimp and pushing up that hill took some speed away for the rest of that half mile.

It was a beautiful clear morning in the high 40s.  No moon so there were lots of stars.  I saw a shooting star too.  It was a little cold for my sleeveless shirt.  It might be time to put that one away for the year.

5 miles on the JRP and it was very dark this morning.  When there is no moon and no clouds for the city lights to illuminate it gets pretty dark.  I hate running with a light but this morning it might have been a good idea.  My piece-of-crap Garmin had another hiccup.  Cruising along on the last mile at about 7:55 when the lap beep happened early.  My overall average pace, which should have been 8:25ish showed 8:03.  Mile 5 was 6:55 and the .16 it gave me as a gift was run at a 3:15 pace. Yah right.  Anyway, I figure I ran it around 42 minutes which comes out to 8:24 average pace.  Which I'm happy with because the Mizuno Wave Creations are my heaviest shoes.  I don't think I've ever ran faster than 8:30 in them.

10 miles this morning on the JRP.  Cool this morning.  Not much to tell; it was a nice run without any trouble.  My knee is a little sore but it was sore before the run and not related to it.  I'm keeping an eye on it.  I wish I was running St. George tomorrow.  Good luck to all those that are.  I can't wait to read your reports.